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Having chronic pain for a decade now, my journey started with a year in a chronic pain group and a lot of confusion. As I learned pain had many components and was a very complex mechanism influenced by the mind in many ways unknown to me.

I have seen the effects chronic pain has on individuals. It breaks many souls or their minds first then suffering and depression are companions. It is not easy and all want to be like they were before the accident. It will never happen.

One day while walking early on in my journey I was walking feeling sorry for my plight, a car with a wheel chair attached pulled into the parking lot. I thought the guy was going to eat at a near restaurant.

Instead this guy got out to exercise. That humbled me and I went home and threw my pain killers away and the next day I was challenging my pain physically and mentally.

Mindfulness has made pain a pseudo friend. Pain is just a warning signal, it does no damage until it reaches that intense point for us. otherwise it does no damage. The other way to adjust is to use aerobic exercise to challenge and bring forth our own endorphins.

I named my pain after Happy Days. Star dad Mr. C. So I named my pain Mr P.

Pain is like the wind, invisible, I gave it human qualities to battle it. In the end I exercise and challenge it, otherwise I ignore it and live happily.

thank you. you can do amazing things if you keep the mind empty and focused in present, right now. life can be enjoyed from this space.

dedicated daily practice can accomplish many things.

If you can let go of the delusion of control, then surrender to your fear.

people who suffer from complex Childhood PTSD have fears that have the same fight or flight drugs involved but the fears are not real. A part of the brain is in disorder from our stored trauma. The fears have been over with for decades.

A steady mind, empty of thought can observe these trigger thoughts without reaction and heal itself. It takes practice everyday. face any fear not real even if you do not have PTSD. Emotions come and go and with intense focus they fade quickly.

keep out of thought unless supervised and directed by us. Let the mind idle repairing and soothing the nervous system. Also support others, recognize suffering of others without turning away. live life and see all of it.

Thanks for that Marty. Right now, I’m having a down day… still sick and having so much to do… I’m not feeling like I am contributing to much in the world and am lamenting a bit.
Thank you for the tonic of your friendship and words.
XO jen